The rival maids [graphic]

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Title: The rival maids [graphic]
Creator: Heins, John, 1732-1771, printmaker
Contributor: Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Published / Created: [ca.1772]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A maid seated at a table and petting a cat, is flirting with a footman leaning with his arms on the back of her chair. A large knife lies on the table pointing at the pair; next to it, below a basket full of sheets, hangs a piece of paper inscribed, The pride & vanity of a footman. In the background, another maid, busy mending a garment, looks at them with disapproval and jealousy. Behind on the wall hangs a shelf with plates and a jug
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: maidservants -- Footman -- Furniture: chairs -- Dish rack -- Romantic jealousy -- Domestic life.
Mounted to 18 x 20 cm.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints ; August 12, 2002 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 12.8 x 13.8 cm.
Language: English

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